PLATE I 

 BEARDED TITMOUSE. Panurus biarmicus 



May I9///, 1897. This nest I photographed in a large reed-bed in the Norfolk 

 Broads. I put up the little bird, and found the nest after some difficulty. 

 After taking a couple of photographs of the nest, I withdrew from the 

 immediate neighbourhood for half an hour. At the end of that time I returned 

 and cautiously approached the nest. I could just see the head of the little 

 bird, and was surprised to note, by the slate-grey head, that it was the male 

 who was sitting; the head of the female is brown. I got within three feet 

 of him, and could see his bright yellow eye and yellow bill quite distinctly. 

 On my attempting to stoop down, the little bird hurriedly left the nest and crept 

 among the undergrowth like a mouse for some three yards from the nest, 

 when he rose and disappeared among the tall reeds, uttering his alarm-note, a 

 sort of ' chzzz! I waited some time to see if he would return when I was 

 there, but he moved about among the tall reed stems about fifteen yards off 

 and would come no closer, so I left him and moved further on to examine 

 an empty nest, which I had passed on my way there. 



